Lake Solina ( pl, Jezioro Solińskie) is an

artificial lake A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation. Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...

in the

Bieszczady Mountains Bieszczady Mountains ( pl, Bieszczady; sk, Beščady; uk, Бещади; hu, Besszádok) is a mountain range that runs from the extreme south-east of Poland and north-east of Slovakia through to western Ukraine. It forms the western part of th ...

region, more precisely in

Lesko County __NOTOC__ Lesko County ( pl, powiat leski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern Poland, on the Slovak border. It was created in 2002 out of five gminas which previously ...

of the Subcarpathian Voivodship of

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

. Its coordinates are . The lake was created in 1968 by the construction of the Solina Dam on the

San River The San ( pl, San; uk, Сян ''Sian''; german: Saan) is a river in southeastern Poland and western Ukraine, a tributary of the river Vistula, with a length of (it is the 6th-longest Polish river) and a basin area of 16,877 km2 (14,42 ...

. It has an area of and contains of water, making it Poland's largest artificial lake. It is the best known tourist attraction of the region, with waterside villages like Solina,

Myczkowce Myczkowce ( uk, Мичківці, ''Mychkivtsi'') is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Solina, within Lesko County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Solina, south-east of ...

and Polańczyk catering to watersports enthusiasts. The lake's great depth,

water clarity Water clarity is a descriptive term for how deeply visible light penetrates through water. In addition to light penetration, the term water clarity is also often used to describe underwater visibility. Water clarity is one way that humans measure ...

, and mountainous scenery makes it a very popular destination. The lake is also known as the ''Bieszczady Sea''. Starting in the 1970s the Wojewódzkie Przedsiębiorstwo Turystyczne (State Tourism Enterprise) "Bieszczady" purchased a number of vessels for the lake and established the lake's White Fleet. The fleet's main ships offer cruises on the lake. Jezioro solińskie regaty maj

External links

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The Solina municipality website
Solina Lesko County Solina {{Lake-stub